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12-year-old hit by gunfire pushed sister to safety during barrage of bullets

12-year-old hit by gunfire pushed sister to safety during barrage of bullets

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Updated: 7:17 PM EDT Sep 14, 2017

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WEBVTT WITNESSES SAYIT SOUNDED LIKE A MACHINE GUN.rtTHE SHOOTING LEFT DEMERA SELLERSWITH A HOLE IN HER SIDE.>> I GOT SHOT HERE AND THEBULLET CAME OUT HERE.rtBRIAN: HER FATHER AND HER MOTHERrt-- >> SHE COME RUSHING THROUGH THEHOUSE SAYING MOMMA, I THINK THEYSHOT ME.BRIAN:rt THEY ARE JUST GLAD SHE ISALIVE.SHE'S A BASKETBALL STANDOUT FORHER SCHOOL AND AAU TEAM.DEMERA WAS HIT ALONG WITH A17-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS SHOT IN THEARM, DURING A RAPID FIRESHOOTING THAT SENT BULLETSEVERYWHErtRE.>> SOUNDED LIKE A MACHINE GUN,AN ARMY GUN.BRIAN: AND IT COULD HAVE BEENWORSE.WHEN DEMERA HEARD THrtE SHOTS SHESTARTED TO RUN BUT SHE WASN'TALONE.HER LITTLE SISTER WAS WITH HER.>>rt SO WHEN I WAS RUNNING I TRIEDTO PUSH MY LITTLE SISTER OUT OFTHE WAY AND I TOLD HER GO, KEEPRUNNING AND WHEN I PUSHED HER,THEY SHOT ME AND I FELL AGAINSTTHE WALL.BRIAN:rt THE BULLET THAT HITDEMERA TRAVELED RIGHT THROUGHTHE SPOT WHERE HER SISTER HADBEEN A FRACTION OF A SECONDBEFORE.HER LITTLE SISTER WAS NOT HIT,BUT NONE OF THE FAMILY HAD ArtCHANCE TO THANK HER.AT LEArtST, NOT YET.POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A

12-year-old hit by gunfire pushed sister to safety during barrage of bullets

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The gunfire also missed Seller’s little sister but that may not be attributed to chance.

“She wasn’t running fast enough so I had to grab her by her arm and drag her up there so she can be in front of me,” Sellers said. “I told her 'Go, keep running,' and when I pushed her, they shot me and I fell against the wall.”

Sellers said the bullet that hit her traveled right through the spot where her sister had been a fraction of a second before.

“I’m overly proud of her. I could never thank her enough for saving my baby’s life,” said Seller’s mother Kiesha Rice.

Witnesses said so many bullets were fired off, in such rapid succession, it sounded like a machine gun being fired.

A 17-year-old was also shot. He was hit in the arm and is expected to recover.

“I was scared,” Sellers said. “I was right there by them when they were shooting.”

Seller’s family says she is a good student and a basketball standout for her school and AAU teams.

She is expecting to miss some games but hopes to be back on the court before the season is over.